Select Local Merchants

Bay Shore Furniture and Sleep Zone opened their first showroom in 1983 with the goal of providing the Suffolk County community with fine, name-brand furniture and bedding at affordable prices. Almost 30 years later, the family-owned business has grown to include showrooms in Bayshore and Bohemia, each serving as an authorized dealer for a staggering list of top brands including Ashley, Vaughan, Sealy, Home Elegance, Tempur-Pedic, and Klaussner. Furniture for living rooms, dining rooms, bedrooms, home theaters, and kitchens can be found in variety of styles, from ornate or traditional to streamlined and modern, and the business also boasts a variety of kid-friendly furniture including bunk beds, day beds, and beds designed especially for imaginary friends.

Nestled in a renovated coal barn from the 1920s, Village Gardens of Brightwaters welcomes visitors with its quaint cedar-wood interior, and lofty ceiling beams overlook myriad garden tools, decorations, and plants. Outside the building, the bright blooms of perennials and annuals soak up sunlight, the fragrance of herbs fills the air, and verdant shrubs beckon gardeners who’ve had their thumbs tattooed green.
In addition to root-bearing loot, customers head home with bags of mulch and topsoil for spreading over the graves of accidentally ripped paper dolls. Elegant statues and birdbaths further personalize gardens, and custom wreaths twine together silk flowers, fruit, birds, and berries for creations that brighten front doors or the necks of prize-winning rocking horses.

Sterling Bedding hand selects a diverse collection of mattresses and other bedtime essentials to fill its network of North American show rooms. Through appointment-only shopping, patrons can get a one-on-one tour of traditional, pillow-top, and memory-foam mattresses organized conveniently by price point, as well as a selection of fashionable bed frames and bedroom furniture. By setting up shop in warehouses and forgoing the high rents associated with flashy retail spaces or shops set inside limousines, Sterling is able to keep operating costs low and set competitive prices that allow the savings to trickle down to the customer.

As a longtime fixture of the community, Towers Flowers prides itself on its commitment to providing fresh floral displays and custom arrangements for a variety of occasions. A friendly bloom expert will help you find the proper floral configuration such as the Madly in Love bouquet ($52.95) for surprising your favorite TiVo recording or the the FTD Shades of Purple bouquet ($44.95), a smile-inducing arrangement ideal for making an under-the-weather pal's day better.

Fluid Power Fitness owner and instructor Cathleen Deutscher has plenty of experience with the way dance shapes the human body. A professional dancer herself and a student of one of Joseph Pilates’s protégés, she has developed an efficient workout method that fuses dance, yoga, and strength training. Each barre method class is designed to burn fat, improve flexibility, and restore the body to a more youthful state.